Miri Airport
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Miri Airport Lapangan Terbang Miri |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Malaysia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad | ||||||||||
| Serves | Miri, Sarawak | ||||||||||
| Location | Miri, Sarawak | ||||||||||
| Hub for | MASwings, Awan Inspirasi | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 59 ft / 18 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°19′31″N 113°59′18″E / 4.32528°N 113.98833°ECoordinates: 04°19′31″N 113°59′18″E / 4.32528°N 113.98833°E | ||||||||||
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| Passenger | 2,249,206 ( 4.8%) |
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| Airfreight (tonnes) | 7,292 ( 9.2%) |
| Aircraft movements | 47,733 ( 3.0%) |
Miri Airport (IATA: MYY, ICAO: WBGR) is an airport located 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south east of Miri, a city in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. The airport is the sixth busiest airport in Malaysia, and the second busiest in Sarawak.
Miri Airport is a major hub for MASWings which took over most of the mainly rural domestic services from FlyAsianXpress. The location in the middle of Malaysian Borneo and close to the border of Brunei makes it a suitable hub for rural air services and an important gateway to Sarawak. In 2014, Miri Airport is the sixth busiest airport in terms of aircraft movements and the sixth busiest in terms of passengers handled, there were 2,363,080 passenger movements, and 49,204 aircraft movements in the airport.
Miri Airport used to be the second largest airport in Sarawak, after Kuching International Airport. However, the position was overtaken by Sibu Airport in July 2012 after the upgrading and expansion of Sibu Airport's terminal. Miri Airport is not recognised by Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) as an international airport despite having scheduled international flights daily.
As population of Miri Town grows, the need for a larger airport forced the government to search for a new site to relief the traffic in Lutong Airport. A site to the south east of the town centre was selected. Miri Airport was fully functional post 1980s.
Situated in Jalan Airport, Miri Airport is 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south east of Miri's city centre. Miri Airport is the busiest domestic airport in Malaysia in terms of passenger and aircraft movement. The airport has a terminal which can accommodate up to 2 million passengers annually.
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